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NASA Outlines Recent Breakthroughs In Greenhouse Gas Research Washington DC (SPX) Dec 16, 2009 Researchers studying carbon dioxide, a leading greenhouse gas and a key driver of global climate change, now have a new tool at their disposal: daily global measurements of carbon dioxide in a key part of our atmosphere. The data are courtesy of the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument on NASA's Aqua spacecraft. Moustafa Chahine, the instrument's science team leader at NASA's ... read more |
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Successful Maiden Flight For Elbit Hermes 900 UAV Haifa, Israel (SPX) Dec 16, 2009 Elbit Systems has announced that its Hermes 900 UAV completed a successful Maiden Flight and will commence serial production following the completion of additional flight tests. The Hermes 900 is based on the successful track record of the Hermes 450, that has accumulated over 170,000 flight hours and is one of less than handful of UAVs in the world to cross the 100,000 operational flight ... more Live-Fire Demo Showcases Future Weapons Fort Benning GA (SPX) Dec 16, 2009 The Small Arms Branch of the Soldier Requirements Division rolled out more than 30 weapon systems - including pistols, rifles, sniper weapons, machine guns and grenade launchers - for a special live-fire demonstration Tuesday at Red Cloud Range. The weapons, including new sniper technology, weapons upgrades and an air burst rifle prototype, represent 60 percent of the Army's small arms ... more Innocon - A Success Story And A Technological Tour De Force Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Dec 16, 2009 Innocon unveils its line of remarkable UAVs that share the company's technological and performance breakthroughs. Established in 2001, Innocon already boasts a record of products featuring technological solutions to challenges that have eluded the global UAV industry since its inception. Innocon's line of UAVs range from 6kg to 900kg and feature unique technological solutions designed to ... more |
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Japan to halt new missile defence spending: media S. Korea considers U.S. MRAPs Instant online solar energy quotes Solar Energy Solutions from ABC Solar |
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Swept Wings: The Breakthrough To Modern Aviation Bonn, Germany (SPX\) Dec 16, 2009 The fact that intercontinental air travel with acceptable flight times is an everyday occurrence today is due to an apparently simple idea: the swept wing. Seventy years ago, the advantages of a swept wing in comparison to an unswept or straight one was experimentally demonstrated for the first time at the Aerodynamics Research Institute in Gottingen, the precursor of today's German Aerospace ... more China defends high-tech procurement rules: govt Beijing (AFP) Dec 15, 2009 China on Tuesday defended rules that foreign companies claim lock them out of the multibillion dollar market for selling computers and office equipment to government departments. Beijing stipulates that sellers of high-tech goods must have them accredited based on "indigenous innovation" -- meaning they must contain Chinese intellectual property -- to be included in a government procurement ... more New, Efficient Transistor Could One Day Power Laptops, Cars Ithaca NY (SPX) Dec 16, 2009 Cornell researcher has created an extremely efficient transistor made from a material that may soon replace silicon as king of semiconductors for power applications. Junxia Shi, a graduate student in the laboratory of Lester Eastman, the John Given Foundation Professor of Engineering, developed the gallium nitride-based device, which could form the basis for the circuitry in products ... more |
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China starts building bridge linking Hong Kong, Macau Beijing vehicles to exceed four million: state media China bond holdings steady, but US capital flows down |
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